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Title |
[Letter from Alfred E. Smith] |
Collection Name |
Hero Park Collection |
Date |
May 22, 1920 |
Description |
This is an individual item contained within archival collection MS245.000, Hero Park Collection. Typed letter on the letterhead of the State of New York Executive Chamber in Albany, dated May 22, 1920, addressed to Honorable J. Harry Tiernan, County Court House, Staten Island. Alfred E. Smith sends his regrets that he is not able to attend the dedication ceremony for Hero Park on May 31, 1920. (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century) |
Biography and History |
Hero Park, located in Tompkinsville, Staten Island, was dedicated May 31, 1920. A stone monument in the park holds a bronze plaque with an inscription: "THIS / HERO PARK / AND MEMORIAL / IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED / TO THE MEMORY / OF THE SPLENDID SONS / OF STATEN ISLAND / WHO SO NOBLY / GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE WORLD WAR / 1917 -- 1918." A second plaque has a list of names. According to the donor, the items in this collection came from the estate of Ellsworth B. Buck, the donor's uncle. Mr. Buck was a a member of the United States House of Representatives in the 1940s. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |
Physical Extent |
1 item, 10.5" x 8" |
Acquisition |
Gift of Cindy Buck Ewing |
Catalog Number |
14.020.0009 |
Object Name |
Letter |
Archival Description Level |
Item |
Parent Record |
MS245.000 |
Subjects |
Parks Monuments & memorials World War I |
Earliest Date |
1920 |
Latest Date |
1920 |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Associated People |
Smith, Alfred E. |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, May 2018. |